Two 15-year-old Willmar girls have been missing for a week, and public alerts have been issued as authorities search for them. Paige Wollman and Brooklynn Greenwaldt left their homes in Willmar on September 1 and were last known to be in the 800 block of Park Avenue Northwest, according to the alerts.
The Willmar Police Department is part of the search. Willmar is the community where the girls were last known to be.
Descriptions of the Missing Teens
Greenwaldt is described as 5 feet 1 inch tall and about 110 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The available description does not specify what she was wearing.
Wollman is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and about 130 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The available description does not specify what she was wearing.
Wollman's Earlier Missing-Person Case
This is not the first time Wollman has gone missing. In April, police believed she had run away to avoid returning to a facility, prompting a BCA alert before she was found safe on Friday, April 24, 2026, according to KNSI. The report did not establish a distance, direction or transportation connection between Willmar and St. Cloud.
Why the State Stepped In
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension issues Endangered Missing Person Alerts specifically when investigators determine a missing person is at risk of physical injury or death, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. The BCA provides information about its alert classifications and advisories.
The article does not detail federal requirements for missing-person reports involving youth. It also does not include the text of the Willmar Police Department's General Directive 0006.
The article does not detail the requirements of Minnesota Statute 299C.53. It also does not cite a statement from Missing Children Minnesota about waiting periods or provide Minnesota statistics on missing-person reports and their resolution.
It remains unclear what happened in the days between the girls' September 1 disappearance and the public alerts issued a week later on September 8. The sources cited here do not provide national statistics on children reported missing or the share involving runaway cases.
